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Old 08-27-2011, 01:34 PM
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Default A lesson learned

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Originally Posted by graciegirl View Post
On a day that the mercury was at the real 97 degrees the workers were roofing our new house. The heat reflected back from those shingles and no shade must have been terrible. They started at seven in the morning and were still working at seven at night.

I truly take my hat off to people who work in this heat and for long hours too.
As a young lad in the Navy(Seabees) I had to go to Gitmo Cuba and work on tarring roofs.

Even though we worked tropical hours, 7AM to 1PM, this experience was a major factor in motivating me to work hard in school after my service and not have to work like that the rest of my life!!!
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